Addressing COVID-19 Supply Shortages with 3D Printing

Addressing COVID-19 Supply Shortages with 3D Printing

Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, efforts to provide adequate testing and healthcare have at times been stymied by shortages of medical supplies. To help address one such shortage, a team at the University of Louisville designed a novel 3D-printed swab made of a pliable resin material.

In this episode of BioScience Talks, we're joined by Dr. Gerald Grant, who describes the process by which such tools are developed and manufactured, as well as their potential to quickly fill this and other gaps in the medical supply chain.

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Bonus Episode: Disease-Carrying Ticks and How to Avoid Them

Bonus Episode: Disease-Carrying Ticks and How to Avoid Them

Ticks pose numerous threats to human health and well-being, ranging from the familiar Lyme threat to spotted fever rickettsiosis and even mammalian meat allergies. For this special bonus episode of Bi...

13 Jun 201830min

Bridging the Gaps in Global Conservation

Bridging the Gaps in Global Conservation

To date, the conservation of global biodiversity has relied on a patchwork of international goals and national- and regional-level plans. Hampered by poor planning, competing interests, and an incompl...

9 Mai 201827min

One Thing Leads to Another: Causal Chains Link Health, Development, and Conservation

One Thing Leads to Another: Causal Chains Link Health, Development, and Conservation

The linkages between environmental health and human well-being are complex and dynamic, and researchers have developed numerous models for describing them. The models include attempts to bridge tradit...

11 Apr 201827min

ASGSR Annual Meeting

ASGSR Annual Meeting

In October 2017, through the collaboration of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research (ASGSR), BioScience Talks hit the road. We att...

14 Mar 201849min

Urban Mind: Measuring the Benefits of Nature in Real Time

Urban Mind: Measuring the Benefits of Nature in Real Time

The positive mental health effects of nature exposure in urban environments are well known, and the literature on the subject is growing fast. However, many previous studies have relied only on cross-...

14 Feb 201819min

Specimen Collection, Populations, and Biodiversity Science

Specimen Collection, Populations, and Biodiversity Science

The benefits of specimen collection are well known. Natural-history archives are increasingly used by researchers to investigate evolutionary processes, examine the effects of climate and environmenta...

10 Jan 201820min

A Waterway Bounces Back following the Passage of the Clean Water Act

A Waterway Bounces Back following the Passage of the Clean Water Act

Although the aims of environmental legislation are well known, measuring the effects of regulation is often a difficult task. Inadequate data for baseline conditions and the recovery period can hamper...

8 Nov 201721min

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Wildlife Trade Management

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Wildlife Trade Management

The illicit wildlife trade is a multi-billion-dollar business that spans the globe. Unfortunately, efforts to control it have often fallen short, and massive numbers of organisms are regularly removed...

11 Okt 201729min

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